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i SEYMOUR Ainswonfrn or SARATOGA SPRINGS, NEW YORK.

Letter@ Pimm: No. 76,875, and April 21, 186s.

IMPROVEMENT IN FANS.

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IO -ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, SEYMOUR AINSWORTH, of Saratoga. Springs, in'the county of Saratoga., and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Impro'vements in Fans; and I do hereby declare that the following lis a. full, clear, and exaot description thereof, reference beinghnd to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, like lettersl indicating like parteV wherever they occur. I

To enable others skilled in the art to construct and use my invention, I will proceed tov describe it.

My invention relates to fans, and oonsistsof new combina-tions and arrangements of well-known materials, by which I produce a new, ornamental, and useful article of manufacture.

In the drawings,-

Figure 1 is a. plan 'view of the frame of my fan.

Figure 2 is a. View of a. longitudinal verticale'section on the line :n a: of iig. 3, and

Figure 3 is a. plan view of the fan oornplete. i

In constructing my fen, I first make a frame, A, of' one 'or `two pieces of buckram, E, or other suitable material, shaped or cut in the form of afan, with handle B attached, and having its edge strengthened with a.. piece of light covered wire, a, as shown lin iig. 1. I than fasten around the edge of the frame A, down, C, by'

means oi' light thread, or iu any other suitable manner, as shown in gs. 2 and 3. The central portion of the frame A, I cover with quills, D, on each side. The down, C, and quills, D, may be colored in any wey to suit the taste of the manufacturer. The down may also be extended from the handle o. short way towards the cent-re of the fan, and then he surmonnled by a. humming-bird or other desired ornament, as shown iniig. 3.

I am aware that fans have been made with their entire surface covered with down, but this I do not claim. Haring thus described my invention, what I do claim is- Y As a newurticle of manufacture, a fan, composed of the. buckram foundation, covered with quill-feathers throughout its centre, on both sides, trimmed ou its edge with down, und provided with a. handle, attached substuntially as described, therwhole constructed and shaped as shown.Y

' SEYMOUR AlNSWOnTH.

Witnesses:

J. T. CARP., H. Gunnvnn. 

